公开(公告)号：DE3428622A1

公开(公告)日：1985-02-14

申请号：DE3428622

申请日：1984-08-03

Applicant: BASF AG

Inventor： RUECKARDT CHRISTOPH PROF DR ,  FRANCK AMELIE ,  GAERTNER HOLGER ,  SALZ ULRICH ,  SCHICKINGER KARIN

IPC: C07C51/487 ,  C07C57/30 ,  C07C57/58 ,  C07C59/64 ,  C07C59/68 ,  C07C59/84

Abstract: Preparation of optically active carboxylic acids of the general formula I in which Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or naphthyl group, n can be zero or 1 and R represents a hydrocarbon radical having 1-6 C atoms, by reacting a statistically stereoisomeric anhydride I', which has been prepared from racemic I, with an optically active alcohol in organic solution and in the presence of a tertiary organic base, the optically active alcohol used being a 1-pyridylalkanol of the general formula II in which R represents a C1-C4-alkyl group and which simultaneously acts as the base.